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Comparison of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy and Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy for Upper Ureteral Calculi

  • Jiyu Zhao1,2,†
  • Sheng Yang1,2,†
  • Zejun Xiao3,†
  • Jun Zhang1,2
  • Jia Liu1,2
  • Ying Qi1,2
  • Xianen Gu1,2

1Department of Urology, Beijing ChuiYangLiu Hospital, Beijing, P. R. China

2Department of Urology, ChuiYangLiu Hospital affiliated to Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China

3Department of Urology, Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing, P. R. China

,†These authors contributed equally

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2020.16.0054 Vol.16,Issue 2,October 2020 pp.104-108

Published: 28 October 2020

*Corresponding Author(s): Jiyu Zhao E-mail: yu_19821@163.com
*Corresponding Author(s): Xianen Gu E-mail: guxen@sina.com

† These authors contributed equally.

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the efficacy, safety and cost of ureteroscopic lithotripsy (URSL) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) for large proximal ureteral calculi. We retrospectively reviewed the outcomes of 205 subjects with ureteral stones size ≥ 1 cm from January 2011 to December 2017. We divided URSL into two groups including URSL + S with Stone Cone and URSL without Stone Cone. Ninety subjects were treated with URSL, fifty subjects were treated with URSL + S and sixty-five subjects were treated with PCNL. The success rate was 73.3%, 96.0% and 96.6% in URSL, URSL+ S and PCNL groups, respectively. The treatment time in PCNL group (77.3 ± 19.1 minutes) was longer than URSL group (42.0 ± 16.6 minutes) and URSL+S group (55.6± 20.3 minutes), and the hospital stay was longer in PCNL (9.5 ± 1.6 days) group than in URSL group (2.4 ± 4.8 days) and URSL + S group (2.0 ± 2.4 days). The cost-effectiveness ratio was 124.6, 159.1 and 135.3 in URSL, URSL + S and PCNL groups, respectively. In conclusion, Stone Cone could increase treatment success rate but incur higher cost. URSL is considered as the best cost-effective option, and the patients without medical insurance tend to choose PCNL because of high success rate of treatment.

Keywords

Lithotripsy, Ureteral calculi, Cost-benefit analysis

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Jiyu Zhao,Sheng Yang,Zejun Xiao,Jun Zhang,Jia Liu,Ying Qi,Xianen Gu. Comparison of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy and Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy for Upper Ureteral Calculi. Signa Vitae. 2020. 16(2);104-108.

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